The hills are a vivid purple with the heather in flower at this time of year. An August walk in the Pentlands is punctuated with the blooms of the old-fashioned hill grasses and herbs. Look carefully for tasty wild blaeberries to pick and lucky white heather!
On the farm, the sheep are gathered. The first of the lambs off to market and wool is packed off to Galashiels for grading and sale.
AUGUST AVAILABILITY AT EASTSIDE
Stable Cottage (sleeps 2) available 26th - 29th August 2019
Steading Cottage (sleeps 4) Fully Booked
Byre Cottage (sleeps 6) Fully Booked
Woodshed (sleeps 2) available 16th - 20th August 2019
What's on around Edinburgh in August?
Edinburgh comes alive with street performances, pop up bars, cafés and venues. Both the Edinburgh Festival Fringe & Edinburgh International Festival run along side each other offering entertainment from opera and orchestra to dance, comedy, and circus!
Edinburgh Festival Fireworks
Festivals
The Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Fringe are obviously the main events this month making the city a busy but really exciting place to visit. There is so much more besides with the Edinburgh Arts Festival exhibiting the visual arts and the Book Festival setting up their tented village in Charlotte Square Gardens for two weeks of high profile debates and discussions.
Edinburgh Art Festival | until the 25th August 2019
Edinburgh Festival Fringe | 2nd - 26th August 2019
Edinburgh Foodies Festival | 2nd - 4th August 2019
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo | 2nd - 24th August 2019
Edinburgh International Festival : Including the Finale Fireworks Concert, not to be missed! | 2nd - 26th August 2019
Edinburgh International Book Festival | 10th - 26th August 2019
Breabadair Festival | 10 - 11th August 2019
Festival Fireworks Concert | 26th August 2019
Jupiter Rising | 23rd - 25th August 2019
SCRAN Summer Street Food Party | 17th August 2019
Music & Theatre
Forth on the Fringe | showcasing the best of the festival. 9th - 10th August 2019
Florence & the Machine | 7th - 8th August 2019
Scottish Jazz & Beyond - A Night At The Queen's Hall | 13th August 2019
Blazin' Fiddles with Emily Smith | 14th - 21st August 2019
The Free Company : Summer Series
Foodie finds & dining events
If you need to escape the city we highly recommend a summer evening at the Free Company. An old farm steading on the edge of the Pentlands turned rustic supper club venue. Evenings at Jupiter Artland are equally magical, with summer gatherings amongst the artworks. Booking essential.
The Free Company : Summer series | TBC
Secret Herb Garden : Full Moon Dinners | 15th August 2019
Steak Night at Restoration Yard | 30th August 2019
SCRAN Summer Street Food Party | 17th August 2019
Canteen : Street Food Festival | 31st August 2019
Bushcraft & foraging
Long summer days in August can also be perfect for trying your hand at bushcraft or foraging in the beautiful rolling hills and woodlands of the Lothians.
Bushcraft and survival skills day course : Dalkeith Country park | 10th August 2019
Forage walk & first aid with plants workshop | 11th August 2019
Narcissus Flower School : A Foraging day out at Dalkeith Country Park | 31st August 2019
Antony Gormley’s Firmament at Jupiter Artland
Exhibitions
A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex: Palace of Holyrood | throughout August 2019
Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs | throughout August 2019
Jupiter Artland | throughout August 2019
ARTIST ROOMS : Woodman, Arbus and Mapplethorpe | throughout August 2019
Body Beautiful : Diversity on the Catwalk | throughout August 2019
The Long Look | throughout August 2019
NOW : Anya Gallaccio, Charles Avery, Aurélien Froment, Roger Hiorns and others | throughout August 2019
Bridget Riley | throughout August 2019
Wild and Majestic : Romantic Visions fo Scotland | throughout August 2019
Cut and Paste : 400 years of Collage | throughout August 2019
Victoria Crowe : 50 years of Painting | throughout August 2019
Microscopes : Nature Revealed | throughout August 2019
Luna Open Air Cinema
Open Air Cinema : Botanic Gardens Edinburgh : A Star Is Born | 30th August 2019
Open Air Cinema : Botanic Gardens Edinburgh : Bohemian Rhapsody | 31st August 2019
Over | Bridget Riley
ARTISTS ROOMS : Woodman
Edinburgh Festival Fireworks
The Free Company : Summer Series
Antony Gormley’s Firmament at Jupiter Artland
Over | Bridget Riley
ARTISTS ROOMS : Woodman
